The hurricane in Hong Kong

你 好 from Hong Kong, where Typhoon Mangkhut, the world’s most powerful storm this year, is presently bearing down on the city with powerful winds and rains.

I’m holed up in my room on the 26th floor of the lovely Lan Kwai Fong Hotel, with a stockpile of snacks (gingko nuts, dried sweet potatoes and fish skin crisps; 7-Eleven is great here!), tea and a co…